A Small Tall Tale from the Far Far North by Peter Sis - 2001-04-01

Farrar Straus & Giroux. Acceptable. Acceptable. Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. APO/FPO addresses supported

Knopf Books for Young Readers. Good. Good. Ship within 24hrs. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. APO/FPO addresses supported

Knopf Books for Young Readers, 1993-09-14. Hardcover. Good. 11x0x9.

Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Random House Children's Books. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Peter Sis color illustrations. CONDITION: Very Good+ 1993 Alfred A. Knopf hardcover (decorated boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. Problems: DJ shows some edge wear both top and bottom edges; book appears pre-read but unevenly. It's not a terrible condition, but it is for sure not even "as new." CONTENT: Sis draws on boyhood memories for this imaginative yarn about a maybe-real, maybe-fictitious Czech explorer, Jan Welzl. As the tale begins, Welzl breaks free from a drab existence and lights out for the Far North, where he encounters treacherous storms, a mysterious golden mountain on the horizon, northern lights, and kindly Eskimo hunters who teach him their traditions and a host of survival skills. When gold diggers arrive and threaten his newfound friends' peaceful existence, Welzl outwits the intruders. The story itself is slight, a fragment really, but readers are borne rapturously… Read More

Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre / University of Washington Press, 2001. Paperback. As New. His pictures, at once intimate and lucid, are filled with surprises that occur beneath the skin of what we think we are seeing...The art of Peter Sis...is all informed, even haunted, by a huge, benevolent heart." The New York Times Book Review ; 10 3/8 x 9 1/2

Groundwood Books, 2001-01-01. Paperback. Good.